[AGL] Fw: dispatches from a parallel universe/fred reed

[Fontaine Maverick]

Saw Cleve a couple of years ago in front of a sixth street club,  huckstering unsuspecting revelers into same. Glad to hear he has come up in the world professionally :). 

Love the New Yorker too, but it sometimes feels like hard work. Reading this requires less effort  - made me smile. 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Gerry 
  To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s 
  Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 11:02 AM
  Subject: Re: [AGL] Fw: dispatches from a parallel universe/fred reed


  Writing style "delightful"? Guess I've been reading the New Yorker too much.

  Mary was the only first class musician in the band. By most comparisons, it was a kind of cute band with girls in it which made it fairly unique. It was not in the same league with the better bands of the day...but in Austin that kind of distinction was non-existent to the mad, stoned fans of the baby boomer generation (not quite the same as SF/Austin hippies). It never played in country places, did not have the repertoire, more of an act than a band. But by the time they had done it for a few years they got pretty good at it, such as it was.

  I have known Cleve since he was a 16 year old runaway in the Haight who happened upon Big Rikke and her gang and became their pet. He ultimately met Austin people in SF and came to Austin during one of the big returns and became a Texan. He was once kind of like a little brother (when our lives were parallel). Always liked him, a good cat when he grew up, but only a fair musician who learned only enough to do an act. Saw him in NYC once at the Texas joint where he and Mary worked as staff people for a few years, giving them, no doubt, a certain sophistication not common amongst their clan of the Greazy Wheels days. They are good at promotion, always had a knack for that. And now I read that he is on the staff of the Kinky for governor campaign. Like I said, always good at promotion. He could be a highly placed state official one day...only in America. 

  Listening to old Bud Shank records in NM on a sunny morning,
  G

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